Chapter 13: Chapter 13
CHAPTER SEVEN
THEY WENT to Aroma del Cielo instead of dropping Clara at Aunt Carlota’s mansion. She did not feel like going home yet. She could not part ways with Fuego just yet.
They passed by the back door, leading to Clara’s office and the counter.
“Ma’am Clara!” Jennifer uttered in surprise. She was stationed at the counter as usual. “Welcome back! How was your vacation?”
Clara could not help smiling.
“It was great. How was the shop while I’m away?”
“Everything was all right. You have nothing to worry about.” She tilted her head as she glanced at Fuego behind her. “He’s even more handsome up close, ” she said and giggled.
Clara turned to Fuego with a smile. He was smiling, too.
“Fuego, this is Jennifer. She’s one of my trusted employees. Jennifer, this is Fuego.”
“Your boyfriend?”
“Um...” Clara cleared her throat. She just smiled once again, and Jennifer already understood.
“Nice to meet you, Sir Fuego.”
“Same here, Jennifer, ” Fuego replied warmly.
“Would you like some coffee, Ma’am? For you and your hunky boyfriend?”
“Yes, please. Could you bring us some ice cold cappuccino in my office?”
“Coming right up, Ma’am!” Jennifer said eagerly.
“Thank you.” She turned to Fuego and mouthed, “Let’s go.”
Clara opened her office and it was clean and in order despite being away for a week. Thanks to Jennifer’s multi-tasking skills.
“This is my office, but I really prefer working at the counter most of the time. I love chatting with my employees, ” Clara said as she closed the door. She then pulled Fuego to the couch.
“This is a nice place, ” Fuego remarked sincerely.
“Thank you.”
“Do you have a social life, Clara?”
Clara shook her head shyly.
“My aunt does not allow me to go to a crowded place all by myself or with my friends. I can only attend parties if she was with me.”
“Your aunt is being too much.”
“I know. I even have to beg her just so I could open this small coffee shop.”
“Why not? She’s supposed to train you with business management. Why else did she send you to school for?”
“She had other plans for me.”
She wanted to get into Julian del Mar’s family, and Clara was her only way. She did not have to be a smart businesswoman. She only had to be Josef del Mar’s wife. That was her only purpose. And Fuego, with some twist of fate, belonged to that family.
“I don’t know. That does not sound right to me, ” he said disdainfully.
Clara laughed but it did not reach her eyes. She wished she could tell him the truth. But she was scared that would drive Fuego away. It was like losing something she could not have in the first place.
“So, what’s your plan after this?” she asked.
“I’m going to visit my parents’ home before going back to Tierra Felicia.”
“I see. That sounds better than going back to illegal racing.”
Fuego laughed at once.
Clara stared as her heart knotted in the realization that she had fallen in love with him. It made her eyes well up with tears, her chest bursting with emotions.
Too bad she did not have the freedom to express her feelings. She did not want Fuego to have the wrong idea. Fuego might not reciprocate her feelings, but none of them mattered now.
“DO YOU want to grab dinner tonight before I leave?” Fuego asked as they stood beside his pickup truck.
“That would be lovely!” she exclaimed right away. “Where?”
“If you have a place in mind.”
Clara nibbled her lower lip as she thought of beautiful places to dine. There were too many things running in her mind because of excitement.
“I can’t think as of the moment, ” she said in surrender, giggling shyly.
“It’s all right. Just make sure you’ll have some beauty rest, okay?”
“Okay.”
“See you tonight, Clara.”
The hair at the back of her neck stood up at the statement and made her knees weak.
“S-see you, ” she uttered breathlessly.
THE DINNER was nothing fancy. They bought food from a popular fast food restaurant and drove up to the end of the city, parked Fuego’s truck on a hill and watched the city lights spread at their feet like stars.
Clara moaned and arched her back as Fuego’s warm hand crept under her shirt and found the hook of her bra. She was sitting on his lap on the picnic mat, kissing and more.
He unclasped it with a little effort, and it snapped quietly. She lifted her hands as he removed her top, leaving nothing before his eyes.
Passion burned in his eyes as he watched her beauty under the bright moonlight.
He grabbed her breasts and squeezed them, playing with her nipples between his fingers. Clara’s lips parted as she enjoyed the ministrations, moaning and sighing occasionally.
“You’re amazing, ” he uttered huskily.
Clara’s already flushed face turned red.
“We should make you amazing, too, ” she replied and grabbed the hem of his shirt.
Fuego chuckled as he lifted his arms.
CLARA GRABBED Fuego’s hands as she rocked her hips on top of him as if her life depended on it. He, on the other hand, was whispering sweet and encouraging words to her, heightening the pleasure between them.
Once again, Clara found her heart wanting to explode with love and desire for him. She pulled Fuego’s hands to her chest, inviting him to fondle her breasts.
And he did, driving Clara wild. She whimpered at the approaching orgasm, increasing her speed for the next moments.
“Fuego!”
Fuego grabbed her in his arms as they convulsed in ecstasy. He groaned as he came inside her.
Clara bit her lower lip at the sensation, her chest rising and falling. She felt his lips against the side of her head and did not say anything after that. A satisfied smile curved her lips as she remained on his chest.